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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-08-14
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
PORT OF ASTORIA.
IESSELSIN THE RIVER.

Hirer indus Br bk 1910 wm II. Starbuck. .Ansp
Oockermouth Br SD 1919, Arethusa, Br blk lls9
Yarkand Br bk Netherby, br sp lsVo.
Glenavon, Br bk f0SO Coloma, Am bk
kilalta. Br bk SG6 Cumbrian. Br bk lU5s.
Drews. Ger ok Merom, sp ll5o,
NTH. Br bk $50
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-08-14

VESSELS ON TIE EAH.
From Foreign Ports. for the
Columbia River
Asset. Br bk 7s5 Newcastle A
Ethelbert, Br bk 76s Newcastle A
Birmah, Br blk sl2 Greenock June2
City of York. Br, sp 1895 Liverpool Mag %
City of Glasgow. Br sp 1l6S Hull
Deanfeld, Br bk i072 Dublin
Duleep Singh, Br So 1l9s Newcastle
Hornby Castle. Br sp 1896 London
Inchgreen. Br bk lO9l Sydney
Linlithgoshire. Br SD 1857 Antwerp
Ophelis, Br blk 1854 Liverpool
Oban Bay, Br bk 106s MIddleboro
Peeblesshire. Br bk SIC Brisbane
From American Ports.
Andora, Br SD 1910 San Pedro July %
&. Southland Hubert. 1896 N Y April IL
Charlotte Groom, Br sp 1861 San Pedro
Moresty. Br sp 1917 San Diego july rs
Nancy Pendelton. Am SD New York May %.
Vanduara, Br sp 2O12 San Pedro
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Mother took one, looked it over, broke it open and smelled of it with a puzzled look.
 "What did you put in to raise them with?"
 Baking powder, of course"
 "There wasn't any baking powder in the house. used the last the day before went away"
 "But found some away up on the top shelf," and I brought out the box and showed it to her.
 She looked at it with bewiIdered expression, opened the box and smelled of the contents, then suddenly light seemed to break upon her, and lying back in her chair she laughed until the tears came.
 "Why, what is it?" I asked, not knowing whether it were best to laugh or cry.
 ''1t is epsom salts that your father bought last fall to give the horse when he was sick. 1 remember, now, filling an empty baking powder box with it and putting it away upon the shelf so no one would get it. You were giving them dose of medicine in new fashion,"
 "I thought it strange you kept the powder away up there, but supposed it was all right" 1 said, after we had all had good laugh over my mis- take.
 "This won't do; if there is no bread in the house, there must be some made in a hurry" mother said, rising ill her own energetic manner. Her skirts were pinned back, her sleeves rolled up and big apron tied on be- fore l scarcely had time to turn around, and in ten minutes she had a pan of Indian meal gems in the oven.
 "1Iow did you raise them if you had no baking powder?" 1 asked, when, twenty minutes later, they came out looking like golden puff balls.
 'I used soda, the same as you raised your gingerbread with. But your mistakes are all my fat It," she added consolingly. "If 1 had allowed you to work with me, you would have known all about cooking by this time We'll turn over new leat, Pll have you out here a part of each day and teach you all know"
 She kept her word, and think now, if either Stella or l were to be left alone again, we should know how to make gingerbread without boiling the molasses all over the stove, and our biscuits would not be mixed with horse Good Housekeeping.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01
Overlooked Women.

For "worn-out," n-down," de- bilitated school teachers, milliners, seamstresses, housekeepers, and over worked women generally Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best of all restorative tonics. It is not a "Cure-all," but admirably fills sim gleness of purpose, being most potent Specific for all those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to wohen. It is powerful general as we'll as uterine, tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor and strength to the whole system. It promptly cures weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloating, weak back, nervous prostra- tion, debility and sleeplessness, in either sex. Favorite Prescription is sold by druggists under our posat,ce guarantee. See wrapper around bot tie. Price %l.OO bottle, or six bottles for $5.00
 A large treatise on Diseases of Wo- men profusely illustrated with colored plates and numerous wood cuts, sent for ten cents in stamps.
 Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY MED ICAL ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01
my First Housekeeping.
BY JENNIE PORTER ARNOLD.

My trouble all came from the fact that my mother was a very smart woman-"smart" in the New England significance of the word-"active, eff ficient, vigorous" She would do more work in given length of time than any woman l have ever known. Her washing was on the lines of Monday morning before her neighbors had cleared away their breakfast dishes. Ironing, baking and cleaning were disposed of in regular succession in the same energetic manner. There was nothing left for any one else to do, even if they could have worked fast enough or well enough to suit her, which was doubtful at least we girls, Stella and I, could not. She did not want us in the kitchen, would not have us there "bothering around," as she frequently told us. We were ex- pert needlewomen, and she very gladly turned over to us the family sewing only too thankful to be rid of all care of it, and to be left in undisputed possession of her tavorite realm, the kitchen.
 "But how am to learn to cook il you won't let me practice?" l some times asked, after vainly soliciting the privilege of trying some experiment in baking or cooking.
 "YOu'll know enough if you cvel have home of your own," was hel usual reply, "if not, there's time enough to learn then, so just stick to your sewing and leave me to do my part of the work"
 The more frequently was denied the more anxious l became to try Probably had she kept me at work il the kitchen should have thought il the most tircsome drudgery imagina ble. Time passed, and Stella was six teen and l eighteen before either of n. had done more than make loaf ol bread or cook one or two meals Mother never left home for more thar day at time, and then everything was cooked and left ready for us. Wt failed to appreciate her labors because we had never known what it was tc want for anything she could do for us
 But one day in January there came nasty summons for her to come i'm. mediately to Meriden; Aunt Mary wal dangerously sick. There was no op- portunity for extra preparations. this time before she left. With score ol parting inunctions to do "thus and so," and not forget "this, that and the other," mother hurried away, and Stella and I, for the first time, were left undisputed queens of the kitchen
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Thro pleasure and palaces though we may
 roam Be it ever so humble there's no place like
 home. For there on the bureau our SOZ0DoNT
 stands We take the sweet mixture again in our
 hands, We cleanse teeth and gums in fne, fragrant
 foam We make our breath pure. There's no place
 like home
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

A man escaped from Rhode Island jail by making a rope of newspapers twisted together. Newspapers have got many scoundrel into jail, but they are not often used to get scoun- drels out.- Leore0r0lfb Times.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Mir. T. F.. Wiley, 146 Chambers St. New York City, says that Ayers Sar- saparilla cured him of a dry and scaly humor, from which he had suffered intolerably. He adds: II have not now a blemish on my body, and my cure is wholly due to Ayers Sarsa- parilla.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Mrs, Smith-''I hear you have some beautiful new silver spoons, Mrs. Bascom. Are they chascd?"
 Mrs. Bascom-"S Stakes, no mot yet. But l expect some miserable sneak thief will get hold of 'em and they'll have to be. Burlington Free Press.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

A lady writes: That great boon to suffering women, Dromgoole's English Female Bitters, has worked wonders for me: one bottle has given me more strength than all the other medicines oyer tried.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

A railroad journal says the wooden bridges must go." They don't need any advice. The wooden bridges are standing not on the order: they are going with Birmingham Age.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

The NeW Fork .Stdr thinks that "there is no more harm in a package of cigarettes than in paper of gum drops" Provided, of course, that you don't smoke them.-P Philddelphiu (UH
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

If the California millionaires get into many more wheat corners they will have to come down to corn bread Louisville Courier Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01
Go Where You Will

you'll find SOZODONT in vogue. People have thrown away their tooth powders and washes. and placed this odiferous preservative of the teeth on the toilet table in their place. It keeps the teeth in splendid order. and spices the breath.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Nothing but broken bank is un- mendable by SrALDING's GLUE.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27

THERE are 955 conYicts now in the state
penitentiary at LeavenWorth, Of which
100 are white males and eight white wo-
men-142 negro males and four negro
women. The other eleven are Indiana.
Seven members are In for life, four Of
whom are males and three females. Fiji
ty-one are in to hang, of whom fortY-eight
also in the penItentiary fiftY-hve convicts
from the United States military service
Patriot.
From the above it will be seen that
about one in every nineteen OF the prison.
ers is under sentence of death. What .
sensation among criminals It would make
were the governor 70 order every last one
these murderers to be hanged, which We
we believe by law he has the right, and
is virtually expected to do. Governor
Martin would have then done something
that would give him fame which the in
dlting Of long gubernAtOriAl messages
meyer can. While We do not wish 10 be
understood as advising him to this action,
vet we would remind him that Patrick
Henry, Patsy Boliver, Peter st. John or
some one OF the great poets OF the past,
has said:
.'The daring youth who hred the Ephesian
OUTLINES in fame the pOppous fool who built
it."
This, while it may not be quite appli-
cable to killing # murderers. may yet be
applicable as to road to imperishable
fame for Governor Martin, who may feel
assured that he will then have done some
thing 10 be remembered for.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
The Coyote and His Haunrs,

A picture of the great plains is in
complete without a coyote or two, hur-
rying furtively through the distance.
The coyote is VOLTA wolf about
two-thirds the size of that ono which
haunts forests and the pages of story
books. He has long, lean body; legs
trifie short, but sinewy and active; a
head more foxy than wolfsh, for the
nose is long and pointed, the yellow
eyes are set in spectacle frames of black
eyelids, and the hanging. tan-trimmed
ears may be erected, giving a we'll
merited air of alertness to their wearer;
tail-straight as pointer fox
like, for it is bushy beyond the ordi-
nary lupine type. and shaggy, large
named. wind-ruff1ed, dust gathering
coat of dingy-white, suffused with tawny
brown, or often decidedly brindled:
"a shade in the stubble a ghost by the wall,
Now leaping, now hmping, now risking
fall;
thoroughly vagabond outcast in grey"
Such is the coyote-ge7XS loci of the
plains; an Ismaelite of the desert; a con-
sort of rattlesnake and vulture; the
tyrant Of his interiors; iackal to the
puma; bushwhacker upon the fanks
OF the buffalo armies; the pariah of his
own race. and despised by mankind.
Withal. he maintains himself and his
tribe increases; he outstrips animals
ieeter than himself; he foils those of far
greater strength: he excels all his rivals
in cunning and intelligence; he fur
ishes to the Indian not only breed of
domestic dogs, but in many canine
races ranks as earliest progenitor; ne
becomes the center of myths, and final
~ is apotheosized.
Our coyote is true Westerner and
typifies the independence, the unre-
strained gayety and brisk zeal which
enters into the heart of him who sights
the Rocky Mountains. He is little
known at present eastward of real
bunch-grass plains In early days.
however, he was common enough in the
open country of Arkansas, Missouri,
Illinois and northward, whence he
received the name ''prairle-wolf,"
the passes. he wanders
among the foothills of all the compII-
Gated mountain system that forms the
'.crest of the continent" and dwells
plentifully in Californian valleys. =
Ernest Lngersoti, tn Popular Science
AonthLV
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27

keep his eye skinned to find thorough
fares unobstructed by bruin. The LYNX,
and now and then that relic Of the DAYS
when the country belonged to tWo-leg-
ged as well as four-footed savaees. the
American panther. still hold as land
tenure in that garden spot of the south
west and. am told. greet visitors after
the manner of their kind / never
daily with game of this kind, but
know men who do, and what they say
may be depended on.
II went out for a rabbit hunt Q few
days before I left home, and got tired
of tripping over them. That Is no ex-
aggeration. for give you my word that
they jumped out from every bunch of
brush and leaves that lay in our path.
After bagging all 1 could carry went
to shooting quail for friend who was
with me to back home. These birds
actually paid no attention to the gun at
all, but the hocks shot into kept right
on feeding as if nothing had happened,
and rather objected to my picking up
the ones had shot We speak of gray
and black squirrels out there as you
might refer to sparrows here, for they
take possession of towns and villages in
about the same way.
'The beauty of it all is that the later
the season grows the better the weather
gets. and any of you fellows can come
out there New Years and strike it
right. and spend the remainder of the
winter in clover. You won't be apt to
see much snow. The Ozark region is
the greatest country know OF, and the
water out there is immense. II you
want to have a good hunt come out and
see me. and leave all your medicine at
home. IN Y Sun.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
PERsONAL

VIC. Harris of NeoshO Rapids was
doing business on our streets Saturday
J.C. Penny. who has been connected
with the firm of Jones & Edwards of this
city for several years past, left Saturday
for Springfield, Mo-. where he was
married last Mondsy to Miss Isa Faust.
Miss Faust Is well known as one Of tie
most popular young ladies Of this city.
The happy couple will return to EmporIa
on Thursday next.
Geo. F. Meyer lett Monday for Hut
Crimson, Kansas, where he takes charge
of the lumber yard of F. NJ. Cullom & Co /.
at that point. George has been connected
with the s. A. Brown Lumber company
since 1879, and has been the agent for
their yard at this point tor three years,
until q few weeks past, and is undoUbted-
ly an expert at the lumber business. He
is a member of Post 55, G. a. r and
served as adju. ant last year In that
body. The citizens Of Hutchinson Will
ind that they have made very desirable
addition to their number Ia MIR. Meyer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
Evp0RTA no TIE FROyT.

In to-day's edition we Publish the
full text Of the proposition made TO the
citizens of Lyon county by the Missouri,
Kansas and Southwestern railway, which
Will make interesting reading for every
person who has the welfare Of our county
at heart, whether he be citizen Of En-
poria or Of some otFeri portion of Lyon
county. As there Is not . rod OF ground
within its limits that will not be benefited
by the projected road when it shall be
built.
The proposition in itself is probably
one Of the most complete and compre-
hens;ve, and at the same time, for the
amount of points covered, the most con-
densed OF any document of the kind ever
gotten up in this vicinity. and shows that
an immense amount OF care has been
bestowed upon 1t BY the gentlemen COM
posing the committees who had the inter.
ests of our county In their care.
II is q proposition that promises more
for Us than anything Of the Kind that has
ever heretofore been placed before our
citizens for their acceptance, and, as has
been sscertained by some of our best citi-
zens, ia backed by syndicate of wealthy
and reliable eastern capitalists who mean
business for us as well as for themselves.
1t will virtually give to Lyon county
two new trunk lines to the east.
The main line to and through Emporia
will be completed before July LIST, 1888,
The Atchison line is to be completed
n oh he hafn TnlN
21st.
The main line is to be completed en-
tirelY through the county and extending
on out west on or before December 31st,
1888.
And trains are to be regularly running
on the dates above specified.
Another clause IN the proposition which
Will undoubtedly meet with the hearty
concurrence Of our citizens is the one
wherein the company pledges itself that
their roads shall "never be leased or oper-
ated by any railroad now owning OF OPP
Grating any present existing line of rail-
road In Lyon county,"
1t also provids that Emporia shall be
the end Of the first division of said road
from Kansas City, and the junction of the
northern line with the main line.
1t also provides for the building Of nee
essary depots for freight and passengers
within the corporate limits of our city, TO
be maintained forever therein.
1t also provides that terminal facilities
shall be located within half mile Of the
corporate limits OF our city.
Another provision that is an evidence
of good faith and an assurance that the
road will be built is that the
pledges itself to commence work
on or before August LIST, 1887, and that
twenty-five miles of the main line must
be built on before the present year, with
construction trains running thereon.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
Another Trunk Line Knocking
for Admission at Our Doors.
The Kansas. Colorado & Texas t.
Submit a Proposition to Us.
Their Attorney Now. in Cores
pondence With Our Citizens,
AS to Making Emporia the june
ton OfThree Branches,
One From the East, One South and
Another Directly West.

The old sdage. SIT never rains but II
pours, ," although not applicable to our
weather for some months past, seems to be
very apropos when speaking of railroad
matters as regards EmporiA and Lyon
county Hardly have we got the propo-
sition for the stock yards and Ellnor
track submitted to the people, ana before
the proposition of the Missouri, Kansas q
Southwestern has been actually offered
for the signatures necessary to have 1t put
before the people Of Lyon county for their
acceptance. when we are asked to enter
tain another proposition for trunk line
similar in many regards TO the one Of the
N, &. g 8.
The new road which is now knocking
at our doors is the Kansas, Colorado g
Texas, and, we are informed by gentle
men who are thoroughly posted, that the
attorney for this road will be here, probs-
oily Tomorrow, with an outline of their
plans and with proposition which he
wishes submitted to our citizens.
The new route, as near as we can get
information on the subject, proposes to
run line from Kansas City to Emporia
by way of Baldwin City, Burllngame
and Admire City. and from Em.
poria south into Texas by
way OF Winfield. Il also pro-
poses to build line directly west into
Colorado and the far west.
Should this project be carried out-an6
why should it nut-we will have three
trunk line connections with Kansas City,
as well as the west, and another outlet to
Texas and the south.
z glance at the map of the state will at
once show how this will sffect our city
and county. We will virtually be the
hub of wheel, the spokes of which will
radiate out and include the entire state OF
Kansas, branches running in every con-
ceivable direction to all parts Of the coun-
try.
There is not a doubt that the gentleman
representing this road will meet warm
reception when he arrives, and should his
proposition and plans be feasible there Is
little doubt that they will at once be adopt
ed and placed before our people, to be by
them pushed to a speedy Conclusion In
favorable manner
Il has become an Established fact
eastern Kansas to the contrary, notwith-
standinR-that railroad bonds are not q
burden to q county. On the contrary
they are an advantage which every county
In the state is esge.r to embrace, not ex-
cepting even the ea stern counties. The
roads when built m,1re than pay, in the
way of taxes, the int erest OF any bonds
that may be issued to them. and as they
increase IN value these vxes increase pro-
portionately, aud in our :ase, at least, the
bonds are not issued or drawing interest
until the roa1s are built.ar I'd paying taxes
Therefore, the more CON- 'anies that car
be induced to build into OF U county, the
more wealth flows il to, not o lly the pock
cts of our people, but also into The treas
ury Of our county.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
Looka Like MaI1cIo1snoss.

Truly this is q tune OF surprises, and
they are of such frequent occurrence that
things OF q startling nature cease almost
to be startling.
Senator solomon Miller does not make
much stir in the senate but he calls the
.slints" TO many cheek through the coll
umns of his Troy Chief. The latest start
ling publication in the Chief appeared
yesteld day and ID headed 'That Beats Us, !"
and anything that beats Senator Solomon
Miller is deserving of cognlE lnce.
The article alluded to, if true, Is not
complimentcry to Father Baker, and II
untrue is certainly net creditAble to the
Chief 1t closes as follows after telling
how 81 600 was rSised by contributions:
eve are told that PrOuty owed Baker
81 900 for the outfit IL at burned up; that
Baker was the man who started the 'testl.
monial" racket; and that every dollar oil
the fund went 20 him, Pr0uty never touch
ing the moneyI Now, while We da not
wish 10 see Ir. Baker loEe any money IN
business transactions, we do most sincere
ly object 10 his collecting DAD oeDts
through charitable contributions from the
poor printers Of Kansas, under the gulse
Of assisting an unfortunate member OF the
craft. Such tricks have a tendency 10 COM
p,eteiy dry up the milk Of human kind
ness, without any prospect OF another calf.
The next printer who meets with mistor-
tune, and desires assistance, though never
so deserving, will wait long time for his
testimonial fund"
A Journal reporter met Col. PTouty
today, and talked with him upon the
subject, as 1t Is a matter of no small i'm
portance.
Colonel Prouty said: SIT is base lie.
Father Baker has always trusted me, and
after the fire offered to trust me for new
material with which to start another Office
If so desired.
at is true that 1 did owe the Bakers
something, and number of other debts,
all of which paid off as rapidly as posi-
BILE with the $1,000 fund and with money
received from other sources.
81 regard Mr.. Miller's article as most
cowGrdly piece of business, and as soon as
1 am in a proper shape to do it, I will
publish card over my own signature, de-
nyIng the principal points in the article. "
The article caused great deal of COM
ment and no small amount of speculs-
tiOn,-TTOpeka Journal.